http://www.csoonline.com/article/591358/Your_BlackBerry_s_dirty_little_security_secret By Bill Brenner Senior Editor CSO April 19, 2010 Tyler Shields, senior member of the Veracode Research Lab, spends a lot of time picking apart those BlackBerry devices that are ubiquitous across the enterprise. What he's found may disappoint those who thought they were secure. At this week's SOURCE Boston conference, Shields will present his findings in a talk called "BlackBerry Mobile Spyware -- The Monkey Steals the Berries. He'll explain how the bad guys can plant spyware on the device and make off with your sensitive data, and offer some advice on how users can defend themselves. He'll talk about an application called FlexiSpy, which allows users to get copies of SMS, call logs, e-mails, locations and listen to conversations within minutes of purchase. He quotes the FlexiSpy website as saying, "Catch cheating wives or cheating husbands, stop employee espionage, protect children, make automatic backups, bug meetings rooms, etc." Then there's Mobile Spy, which will "allow you to see exactly what they do while you are away," according to the website. "Are your kids texting while driving or using the phone in all hours of the night? Are your employees sending company secrets? Do they erase their phone logs?" [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Mon Apr 19 2010 - 22:13:07 PDT
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